Michael W Whalen

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Michael W Whalen

PhD

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PhD projects

AMASE: Model based safety analysis
ARCHER: Compositional verification of systems-of-systems
SNOW CRASH: White box fuzz testing

19982018

Research activity per year

Personal profile

Research interests

Software plays an increasing role in the operation of critical systems. As these systems become more complex, ensuring software correctness becomes much more difficult. I am interested in automated formal techniques for precisely specifying, implementing, and verifying software. To support these activities, I have developed several translation and analysis tools to support formal reasoning and test case generation. I have significant experience in applying formal verification and auto-test generation techniques to production DO178B Level A and B avionics software development efforts.

I am a part of the Critical Systems Group (CriSys) whose research interests are in the general area of software engineering; in particular, software development for critical software applications - applications where incorrect operation of the software could lead to loss of life, substantial material or environmental damage, or large monetary losses. The long-term goal of our research activities is the development of a comprehensive framework for the development of software for critical software systems. Our work has focused on some of the most difficult and least understood aspects of software development - requirements specification and validation/verification. For more information, and possible student research opportunities please visit the Crisys Group Page.

Teaching

Csci8802: Advanced Software Engineering.  University of Minnesota, Spring Semester 2015

SEng 5861: Software Architecture.  University of Minnesota, Fall Semester 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010

SEng 5841: Model-Based Software Development and Analysis.  University of Minnesota, Spring Semester 2007 

Professional Information

Miscellaneous Awards and Honors:

2016 Featured Faculty Member on the University of Minnesota “Driven To Discover” Campaign

2015 Dagstuhl Seminar Participant: Qualification of Formal Methods Tools

2014 Shonan Seminar Participant: Integration of Formal Methods and Testing for Model-Based Systems Engineering

2014 Inducted to IFIP 2.9 Working Group on Requirements

2013 MODELS Conference Best Reviewer Award

2012 Requirements Engineering Conference Ready-Set-Transfer contest winner

2012 Dagstuhl Seminar Participant: Architecture-Driven Semantic Analysis of Embedded Systems

2012 Senior Member IEEE
2010 Dagstuhl Seminar Participant: Practical Software Testing

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, Trustworthy Translation of the Requirements State Machine Language without Events, University of Minnesota

Award Date: Mar 31 2005

Research interests

  • Model Checking
  • Software Testing
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Safety Critical Systems

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  • A Formal Approach to Constructing Secure Air Vehicle Software

    Cofer, D., Gacek, A., Backes, J., Whalen, M. W., Pike, L., Foltzer, A., Podhradsky, M., Klein, G., Kuz, I., Andronick, J., Heiser, G. & Stuart, D., Nov 2018, Computer, 51, 11, p. 14-23 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

    30 Scopus citations

  • Ensuring the Observability of Structural Test Obligations

    Meng, Y., Gay, G. & Whalen, M., Sep 5 2018, (Accepted/In press) In: IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

    5 Scopus citations

  • Guest editorial: advanced topics in automated software engineering

    Grunske, L. & Whalen, M., Dec 1 2018, In: Automated Software Engineering. 25, 4, p. 743-744 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

    Open Access
    1 Scopus citations

  • Online enumeration of all minimal inductive validity cores

    Bendík, J., Ghassabani, E., Whalen, M. & Černá, I., Jan 1 2018, Software Engineering and Formal Methods - 16th International Conference, SEFM 2018, Held as Part of STAF 2018, Proceedings. Johnsen, E. B. & Schaefer, I. (eds.). Springer- Verlag, p. 189-204 16 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 10886 LNCS).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

    9 Scopus citations

  • The JKind model checker

    Gacek, A., Backes, J., Whalen, M., Wagner, L. & Ghassabani, E., Jan 1 2018, Computer Aided Verification - 30th International Conference, CAV 2018, Held as Part of the Federated Logic Conference, FloC 2018, Proceedings. Weissenbacher, G. & Chockler, H. (eds.). Springer- Verlag, p. 20-27 8 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 10982 LNCS).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

    Open Access
    33 Scopus citations
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